Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
Annual award for Hindi films
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The Filmfare Best Screenplay Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.[1]
Awarded forBest Performance by a Screenplay Writer
CountryIndia
Presented byFilmfare
First awardNabendu Ghosh,
Majhli Didi (1969)
Majhli Didi (1969)
| Filmfare Award for Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Performance by a Screenplay Writer |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Filmfare |
| First award | Nabendu Ghosh, Majhli Didi (1969) |
| Currently held by | Sneha Desai Laapataa Ladies (2025) |
| Website | Filmfare Awards |
Multiple Winners
Salim Khan (l) and Javed Akhtar (r), together as Salim–Javed, hold the record of maximum wins jointly with Basu Chatterjee, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
| Wins | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 3 | Salim–Javed, Basu Chatterjee, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
| 2 | Vijay Tendulkar, Mani Ratnam, Abhijat Joshi |
List of winners
1960s
- 1969 Nabendu Ghosh – Majhli Didi
1970s
- 1970 Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Anokhi Raat
- 1971 Vijay Anand – Johny Mera Naam
- 1972 Basu Chatterjee – Sara Akash
- 1973 Arvind Mukherjee – Amar Prem
- 1974 Salim–Javed – Zanjeer
- 1975 Shama Zaidi, Kaifi Azmi – Garm Hava
- 1976 Salim–Javed – Deewaar
- 1977 Basu Chatterjee – Chhoti Si Baat
- 1978 Lekh Tandon, Vrajendra Kaur, Madhusudan Kalekar – Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye
- 1979 Kamleshwar – Pati Patni Aur Woh
1980s
- 1980 Girish Karnad, B.V. Karanth – Godhuli
- 1981 Vijay Tendulkar – Aakrosh
- 1982 K. Balachander – Ek Duuje Ke Liye
- 1983 Salim–Javed – Shakti
- 1984 Vijay Tendulkar – Ardh Satya
- 1985 Mrinal Sen – Khandhar
- 1986 Goutam Ghose, Partha Banerjee – Paar
- 1987 Not Awarded
- 1988 Not Awarded
- 1989 Nasir Hussain – Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
1990s
- 1990 Shiv Kumar Subramaniam – Parinda
- 1991 Basu Chatterjee – Kamla Ki Maut
- 1992 Tapan Sinha – Ek Doctor Ki Maut
- 1993 Aziz Mirza, Manoj Lalwani – Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman
- 1994 Robin Bhatt, Javed Siddiqui, Akash Khurana – Baazigar
- 1995 Sooraj R. Barjatya – Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!
- 1996 Aditya Chopra – Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
- 1997 Rajkumar Santoshi – Ghatak: Lethal
- 1998 Subhash Ghai – Pardes
- 1999 Karan Johar – Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
2000s
- 2000 John Matthew Matthan – Sarfarosh
- 2001 Honey Irani, Ravi Kapoor – Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
- 2002 Farhan Akhtar – Dil Chahta Hai
- 2003 Mani Ratnam – Saathiya
- 2004 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Lajan Joseph – Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.
- 2005 Mani Ratnam – Yuva
- 2006 Nina Arora, Manoj Tyagi – Page 3
- 2007 Jaideep Sahni – Khosla Ka Ghosla
- 2008 Anurag Basu – Life In A... Metro
- 2009 Yogendra Vinayak Joshi, Upendra Sidhaye – Mumbai Meri Jaan
2010s
- 2010 Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi – 3 Idiots
- 2011 Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane – Udaan
- 2012 Akshat Verma – Delhi Belly
- 2013 Sanjay Chauhan and Tigmanshu Dhulia – Paan Singh Tomar
- 2014 Chetan Bhagat, Abhishek Kapoor, Supratik Sen & Pubali Chaudhari – Kai Po Che!
- 2015 Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi – PK
- 2016 Juhi Chaturvedi – Piku
- 2017 Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre - Kapoor & Sons
- 2018 Shubhashish Bhutiani - Mukti Bhawan
- 2019 Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao – Andhadhun
- Anubhav Sinha – Mulk
- Bhavani Iyer and Meghna Gulzar – Raazi
- Nandita Das – Manto
- Raj and DK – Stree
2020s
- 2020 Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti - Gully Boy
- Anubhav Sinha, Gaurav Solanki - Article 15
- Balwinder Singh Janjua - Saand Ki Aankh
- Jagan Shakti, R Balki, Dharma, Nidhi Singh, Saket Kodiparthi - Mission Mangal
- Manish Gupta, Ajay Bahl - Section 375
- Sudip Sharma - Sonchiriya
- 2021 Rohena Gera - Sir
- Anubhav Sinha, Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul - Thappad
- Anurag Basu - Ludo
- Kapil Sawant, Rajesh Krishnan -Lootcase
- Prakash Kapadia, Om Raut -Tanhaji
- 2022 Shubendu Bhattacharya and Ritesh Shah – Sardar Udham
- Aastha Tiku – Sherni
- Aniruddha Guha – Rashmi Rocket
- Dibakar Banerjee and Varun Grover – Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar
- Kabir Khan, Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and Vasan Bala – 83
- Sandeep Shrivastava – Shershaah
- 2023 Harshavardhan Kulkarni, Akshat Ghildial and Suman Adhikary – Badhaai Do
- Aakash Kaushik – Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2
- Jaspal Singh Sandhu And Rajeev Barnwal – Vadh
- Neeraj Yadav – An Action Hero
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Utkarshini Vashishtha – Gangubai Kathiawadi
- Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri – The Kashmir Files
- 2024 Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 12th Fail
- Amit Rai – OMG 2
- Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan, Sumit Roy – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
- Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Pranay Reddy Vanga, Suresh Bandaru – Animal
- Shridhar Raghavan – Pathaan
- Avinash Arun, Omkar Achyut Barve, Arpita Chatterjee – Three of Us
- 2025 Sneha Desai – Laapataa Ladies
- Aditya Dhar, Aditya Suhas Jambhale, Arjun Dhawan, Monal Thaakar – Article 370
- Niren Bhatt – Stree 2
- Nikhil Nagesh Bhat – Kill
- Kunal Kemmu – Madgaon Express